Hacked
Consumer and social
hacker news client
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.58.
Execution: 0 for, 5 againstDesign: 0 for, 3 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean readable titles and less distracting layout
From 1 comment
I like much of it currently but I would ideally put "hide" and "flag" somewhere less accessible. In the main view pretty much all the details are useful but I'd be fine to drop…
nmstoker on HN
Objections
Scrolling broken on mobile Safari and Firefox
From 3 comments
It takes a very greedy approach to screen real estate for no benefit. I don’t like it for that reason. I also apparently can’t scroll on safari ios. (iPad mini using safari on…
saaaaaam on HNWon’t let me scroll down on iPhone
nwroot on HNIn my case I am using Firefox mobile iOS.
rickcarlino on HN
Low information density compared to vanilla HN
From 2 comments
Hard to objectively evaluate with understanding your goals. Why the redesign? What parts of the existing UI weren’t working for you, and why? What decision process went into each…
didgeoridoo on HNIt takes a very greedy approach to screen real estate for no benefit. I don’t like it for that reason. I also apparently can’t scroll on safari ios. (iPad mini using safari on…
saaaaaam on HN
Forced new tabs break workflow
From 1 comment
Hard to objectively evaluate with understanding your goals. Why the redesign? What parts of the existing UI weren’t working for you, and why? What decision process went into each…
didgeoridoo on HN
Does not work in text browsers like Lynx and Dillo
From 1 comment
It doesn't work under Netsurf, Dillo, Links, Lynx and who knows more. Congrats.
anthk on HN
Comments view is a downgrade
From 1 comment
The comments are a huge downgrade. Far less clear in my opinion.
solumunus on HN
Requests
Hide and flag placed less prominently; compact layout for points and comments
From 1 comment
I like much of it currently but I would ideally put "hide" and "flag" somewhere less accessible. In the main view pretty much all the details are useful but I'd be fine to drop…
nmstoker on HN
Show reading time of articles
From 1 comment
This seems a better approach thanks, it just popped another feature I was hoping I had on HN telling me how long the article is. Something like a reading hourglass figure, so I…
vednig on HN
Notifications for replies to own posts or comments
From 1 comment
honestly i like the HN UI as-is, the thing i would want would be some form of email / notification update when someone comments on a post i either submitted or commented on etc.…
wbakst on HN
Show new comments in megathreads
From 1 comment
There isn't much to improve in HN UI except maybe two things: megathreads with 100s of comments and recent popular posts that's disappeared in the HN archive. In megathreads…
akomtu on HN
Questions
What are the redesign goals and what is being learned from the prototype?
From 1 comment
Hard to objectively evaluate with understanding your goals. Why the redesign? What parts of the existing UI weren’t working for you, and why? What decision process went into each…
didgeoridoo on HN
Does domain info help when clicking a link?
From 1 comment
This seems a better approach thanks, it just popped another feature I was hoping I had on HN telling me how long the article is. Something like a reading hourglass figure, so I…
vednig on HN
Alternatives named
Vanilla Hacker News
From 1 comment
I would prefer something between this and current HN, simply because the number of mis-taps on HN is still annoyingly high with everything being so close on a mobile, but I agree…
nmstoker on HN
modernHN extension
From 1 comment
i think it was a feature on the modernHN extension, it was behind the paywall though
Mizu_048 on HN
hnreplies.com
From 1 comment
There's http://www.hnreplies.com at least
neonate on HN
hackernewsalerts.com
From 1 comment
I built https://hackernewsalerts.com just for that.
mmarian on HN